Revolving plow.



J. STARRIETT.

REVOLVING PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26,1912 1,084,908. Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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Wu Josiah Starrieit anemia REVOLVING PLOW.

ABPLIOATION FILED rnn.2e,1o12.

Patented Jafi. 20, 19m

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Ell wanker Josiah SLarriett Witneooao I JOSIAH s'mnn'm'r'r, or LAKESIDE,CALIFORNIA.

REVOLVING PLOW.

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Specification of Letters l'atent.

- Patented Jan.20,'1 914.

Application filed February 26, 1912. Serial No. 679,894.

To all whom it may concern:- I YBesit known that I, JOSIAH STARRIn'rr, a{citizen the United States, residing at 7 Lakeside, in the county of SanDiego and ".iStateof California, have invented certain.

-- .,This' inventionrelates to plows, and more especially to those whichrevolve; and the object of the same is to produce a machine 15.:of thiskind by the use of which a field or garden may be plowed for broadcastseed sowing or the like, an already plowed field 111a" be harrowed, orbythe addition of at .tacl-i nentswheat and seed may be sowed :29broadcast or drilled into theground. These and othero-bjects areaccomplished by con- 'structing the machine as hereinafter more fulldescribed and claimed, and as shown ,in t e drawings wherein-' f Figure1 is aside elevation and Fig. 2 a .pla'n viewof this improved plow inits simpler'form; and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of one of theblades or cutters. Figs. Land 5 are respectively a side elevation and aplan view of the same machine with the seeding attachments added, thecutter at one pointbeing shown as provided with blades nearer togetherfor a purpose which will appear. In the drawings the numerals 1deslgnate thecroSs-barsand 1 the side bars of a light rectangular "framehaving two rearwardly converging handles 2 projecting from its -rearcorners, 3 are the endmost and 3 the 4 intermediate straps of an archedsuperstructuresupported by this frame, 4 is a gas engine mounted oncross bars 4" formving part of the superstructure, and 5 and 6 are thespark and clutch levers respectively carried by the handles as shown.The numeral 7 designates an axle journaled in the frame andsupportingthe tractor wheel. In the present case the latter is composed of disks 8and 9' fast on said axle near its journals, and sheet metal blades 10extending from one disk to the-other and having ears 11 at their innercorners bolted to the disks while their outer edges 12 are sharpened asshown in Fig. 3. A sprocket wheel 13 fast .on one end ofthe axle 7 ishandles and starting the engine, when-jhe connected by a chain belt 14with a small sprocket wheel 14 on a. counter shaft 7' ournaled in thesuperstructure, and alarge gear 15' on the counter shaft meshes with asmall driving gear 15 on the shaft of the engine 4:, and 16 is a clutchmechanism'actu- ,ated by the clutch lever 6 to connect the driving gear15 with the shaft or disconnect it therefrom at the will of theoperator.

The machine as thus far described is a re -65. volving plow or harrow,and its parts will be ofsuch material, size, proportion and dispositionthat it will be nearly balanced over the tractor which comprises the twodisks and the blades connecting them, and a single operator may easilymanipulate or control'the machine and steer it as one would operate ahorse-drawn .plow or cul tivator. Taking his place between the throws inthe clutch the power is communicated to the axle and thence tothetractor and the latter revolvesslowly over the earth in the directionindicated by the arrow, its blades enterin the earth so as to plow, harrow or spade t e same according .to the kind of blades employed andtheir number. With about six blades as shown in'Fig. 1, the earthwill bespaded in transverse rows or furrows as indicated; .but if more areemployed as shown at the bottom of Fig. 4, the earth'will be harrowed asindicated in that view. I need not amplify the possible results whichmay be obtained by the use of blades of different shapes, although Ireserve the right to use them. When the engine is running at a moderatespeedthe tractor or cutter wheel is rotating slowly and drawing theentire machine over the ground so that-the operator does not have topush. In order to stop he has but to throw out the clutch so as todisconnect the engine from the. cutter wheel, or throw out the sparklever v and stop the engine entirely. If he desires to back the machine,he has but to depress the clutch lever 6 with his right thumb so as todisconnect the engine entirely from the cutter wheel, and thendraw theentire ma chine rearward by stepping backward in a manner which willbeclear. 5

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown an amplificat-ion of this machine so thatit may be used as a seeder. Any suitable form of seeding mechanism 20 isattached to this frame at about the position shown, the

' especially useful Where it is driten over' either broadcast frame 7the seedin mechanism so that when the;

mechanism illustrated being only typio'al cifc:

what'might bet employed. It s seed drop may-have a sprocket 21 connectedby at ain 22 with another sprocket 23 -...removably mounted on one endof the axle-7 which may A coverer 25' is byiprefe'r'ence pivotallyconnected as at 26 to the seeding mechanismand trails behind the same tocover thegis'eed,

dropped, and here again the-covererfafillustrated is only typical ofwhat mightflbe emloyed although I it should not .slistainthe' handle endof the and it is preferably connected-with latter is V etaehed thecoverer. is' -removed with it. This adaptationof my-machine is fields"that have perhap already; been glowed, in' which case I would bypreferen fl' rive the machine lengthwise of. the fur-' rows. Or this'ada tation'of myflevice mayf be useful for broa east its iwhere anyfield-shows poor results and it is desiredto J add seed to the' stubblewithout necessarily plowing or harrowing. Thej fact that the blades areremovable and may replaced by, others ofdifferent 'consttuqtion, size,

7 shape, and in greater or lesser n1i1nber,.gives themachine a v'wi derange of iisefulmss emphasize the oint that" In a machine ofitheslcharabars and side? bars, the latter" continued to thefrear. beyond; therear'most cross bar th andles, an axle'journaled in the side of saidframe, 1 anda superstructure consist? side bars of the frame, twointermediate .cross bars of the frame, and-cross bars conhecting thetops of all 'saidflstraps; of a motor mounted on the cross bars'sl'lperstructnre directly over Sflldl axle, controlling elements on saidhandles,

said axle between said side bars and be neath said intermediate straps,fa" sprocket chain-belt eonnecting'said;wheels; d

' In testimony whereof nave hereuntoset my hand in presence nesses. v

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,dwhiehneedii iit be amplified in this'sp'ecifL,

ter; described, the; combination of a frame including cross and .bentinward to rearwardly conv'rfiingo are ing oflt wo} arched strapsstanding over the and similarly arched straps connectingthex of said ifor said motor mounted 7 connections between themand the motor, atractor whe'el-journal'ed on Wheel fast Onsaid axle 'beyond one of-thev-:endmost j arched straps, ,a 1 driving sprocket Wheel fast onv the shaftof the. 1notor,*' 'and a crime ubsribing wit-

